Category Archives: Sports
Canadian women's hockey team hopefuls to congregate at Calgary camp
CALGARY - Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, Meaghan Mikkelson and Hayley Wickenheiser are among the top 44 players invited to attend the Canadian women’s hockey team camp starting Sunday in ...
Sep 06, 2016

Basketball player David Eng to carry Canadian flag at Paralympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - When David Eng made his Paralympic debut 12 years ago in Athens, coach Mike Frogley would jot down a word each day and pin that word on the wall. They were words like “leadershi...
Sep 06, 2016

Olympic medallist Penny Oleksiak returns to normal life at Toronto high school
TORONTO - Penny Oleksiak is kind of a big deal at her high school. The star swimmer, who won four medals at the Rio Olympics, returned to class on Tuesday as she enters grade 11, but her recently foun...
Sep 06, 2016

Canadian star Milos Raonic skips Davis Cup tie vs. Chile due to cramping issues
TORONTO - Canada will be without top player Milos Raonic when it takes on Chile in a Davis Cup playoff later this month in Halifax. Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil, doubles veteran Daniel Nestor of T...
Sep 06, 2016
5 Things: Canada has tough challenge to retain Paralympic basketball gold
The Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team will be out to defend their gold medal at the Rio Paralympics. Their first round-robin game at the 12-nation tournament is Thursday against No. 4 Sp...
Sep 06, 2016

IOC head Thomas Bach to miss Paralympics opening ceremony
RIO DE JANEIRO - IOC President Thomas Bach will miss Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in order to attend a state event in Germany. The International Olympic Committee said Tu...
Sep 06, 2016

Seguin sits out second day of camp with illness
OTTAWA - Tyler Seguin was forced to sit out the second day of Team Canada’s World Cup of Hockey training camp. Seguin was under the weather, according to Hockey Canada, and remained at the team ...
Sep 06, 2016

Stung by injuries in 2014, Stamkos, Tavares eagerly await World Cup redemption
OTTAWA - Steven Stamkos was on the other side of the world when the Canadian men’s hockey team won Olympic gold in Russia. John Tavares was at the Bolshoy Ice Dome that day in 2014, but on the s...
Sep 06, 2016
Judge approves another settlement in 38 Studios lawsuit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island Superior Court judge on Tuesday approved a partial $25.6 million settlement in the lawsuit over the state’s disastrous deal with 38 Studios, the video game comp...
Sep 06, 2016
84 Russian athletes lose bid to compete in Paralympics
BONN, Germany - A German court has dismissed appeals by 84 Russian athletes seeking to compete at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The state court in Bonn, where the International Paralympic Committ...
Sep 06, 2016